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In July of 1991, MAN IS THE BASTARD members BARNES and WOOD were looking for a separate avenue of expression to parallel the newly born POWER VIOLENCE unit of the same name. Upon meeting BARNES one year earlier and seeing his ROARAFC "CAVEMAN ELECTRONICS" for the first time, it was apparent that these machines alone would need to be documented for sometime to come.

Within a couple of weeks, BASTARD NOISE was christened and work on our first recording began. It would turn out to be a split 7" e.p. with Finland's U.N.D. (UNSEEN NOISE DEATH) It was self released by BASTARD NOISE in what would become the first in a 26 year history (so far !) in BN's prolific catalog.

In 1992, W.T. NELSON joined forces with BARNES/WOOD to complete what would be one of the most complimentary line-up in BN's history. The BARNES/NELSON/WOOD line-up worked hard on a self released three way 12" L.P. again with UNSEEN NOISE DEATH (Finland) along with brand new unit derived from the ashes of Helsinki, Finland's AUNT MARY : BIZARRE UPROAR. "SOURCES OF POWER ... FROM ANOTHER WORLD" became the result of this collaborative venture and it was "full speed ahead" from there on.

Through the next 25 years, BASTARD NOISE has continually kept exploring, recording and releasing it's own catalog as well as with the help of other small, like minded labels despite line-up changes and hardships. Noise is a "survivalist genre" to be sure and BN has been a prime example of longevity in tumultuous times of unrest and despair...

With a roster of more than 100 high quality releases including works with MERZBOW, SICKNESS, GRUNT, GOVERNMENT ALPHA, PAIN JERK, GUILTY CONNECTOR, OUTERMOST, BRUTALOMANIA, BRUME, SPASTIC COLON, WITCHES OF MALIBU, THE COMMUNION, AZOIKUM, ORDER, U.N.D., BIZARRE UPROAR, CHAOS AS SHELTER, IGOR KRUTOGOLOV, LOCKWELD, UNICORN, AMPS FOR CHRIST, HIROSHI HASEGAWA, and many others, WOOD has held the reins of "THE SKULL" firmly in his grip to this day. Recent performances in Helsinki, Finland and Dresden, Germany only proved that BASTARD NOISE has gone to the "next level" of violent, "INSECT WAR ELECTRONICS" and is here to stay.

BASTARD NOISE is : WOOD : "INSECT WAR ELECTRONICS" / LYRICS / VOCALS

FOR THE OCTOBER 5TH SHOW, THE LINE-UP WILL BE HUFF (SAIRA HUFF ex-DETESTATION/QUESTION) VOCALS/WOOD - ELECTRONICS, VOCALS

FOR THE OCTOBER 6TH SHOW THE LINE-UP FOR BASTARD NOISE WILL BE : SAIRA HUFF - VOCALS/ ANTHONY SAUNDERS - ELECTRONICS,/WOOD - ELECTRONICS, VOCALS